With many social inequities shaping today’s era, the various forms of literature can be used as a proactive way to make change. An example of how literature makes an impact on the globe is speeches. From Abe Lincoln, to Martin Luther King, Jr., to John F. Kennedy Jr., all of these people helped erase social inequalities that were taking over their generations. First off, a speech that had a definite effect on America is President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Abraham Lincoln’s famous “Gettysburg Address” is one of the most influential speeches in American history. He talked about the Declaration of Independence and how we have to go back to what this country was founded upon. Through that speech, the idea of slavery was not demolished,
